Wednesday, August 22, 2012

My 2 Crafty Creations in more detail

I've been away for the past week taking a much needed family vacation!! I don't usually like announcing it on public media (facebook, blog) because there are some "mean" people out there that could take advantage of an empty house if they knew we are gone!!

I apologise for not visiting everyone's blogs. This week is a catch-up week for me. I will try to visit you and leave you some love! in the meantime enjoy my 2 Crafty Reveal!!

I was so thrilled to reveal my new creations for 2 Crafty last week. As promised here are the layouts in more detail with an explanation of all the techniques I used and all the chipboard pieces I added. You can also check out their Facebook page for a quick view of the DT's work.

For this layout about my daughter's love of horses I used the Horse Riding pack from 2 Crafty.

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I painted the title in Adirondack acrylic paint: Sandal. Then I edged it in brown chalk ink. I used a sponge and dabbed it with watered down fluid acrylic: Yellow Ochre and Quinacridone Gold Hue. I used the same sponging technique to make the large yellow heart in the background. Finally I made lines around both hearts with a brown ink pen.

For the grass clumps I simply painted them in brown acrylic paint. I liked how they add volume to the page and set the scene.

For the Old Fence I cut it in half to use on both sides of the picture. I painted it in brown paint and then added crackle medium. (don't add too much as I found out it doesn't crackle all the way inside if its too thick)Finally for the horse I dabbed it with Butterscotch Adirondack Acrylic paint dabber and then used the same sponge from above to add a fur like pattern on the body.

Materials used:

Papers: Creative Imaginations

Chipboard: 2 Crafty

Flowers: Recollections, I Am Roses

Wooden clock: Prima

Heidy Swapp Heart mask

Tag: Creative bags

Pin: Tim Holtz

Crackle medium

Butterscotch and Sandal Adirondack Acrylic paint dabbers,

fluid acrylic: Yellow Ochre and Quinacridone Gold Hue

Lace: unknown

Bling: Want2Scrap

For my second layout I used 4 different 2 Crafty Chipboard pieces and the sketch from Get Creative

For the Lamp Post I covered it in Martha Stewart's white texture paint. Then I edged it in Cocoa colored chalk ink to match the page. I used the same ink for the masking on the layout.

For the You & Me title I painted it with white Gesso. Then using a Crafter's Workshop template, I dabbed blue chalk ink to make the pattern, Then to soften the look I wiped off excess ink with a baby wipe.

Your details amaze me. I love that you shared how to make them. I just bought some Gesso yesterday and now I have an idea how to use it. I'm also in love with the big heart on your layout. They are both so lovely! Great designs!

Wonderful pages! I love the color combination on both of them! The brown heart on the first one is fantastic and so are all the wooden embellies you have used! Thank you so much for playing along with us at Get Creative Keren!!! Good luck!!!

These two are really lovely layouts.. I love the horse one.. (being a horse lover!!) and I hope you had a great time away.. we all need some time out now and then and totally understand about not saying anything before you go!! nice to have you back!!

Keren what can I say your layouts are absolutely beautiful and very inspiring I love what you have done with the horses layout just amazing!Thank you so much for your continued support of Get Creative it really mean a lot to me!hugzirini

Hi, I'm KerenI’m a wife to a wonderful husband and a mother to two amazing kids. I’ve been scrapbooking for 13 years and I'm very passionate about it. Over the past couple of years, I've diverted myself into the mixed media world and I love combining them both together.

I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques. My style is always evolving and that's one of the things I love about this art. I hope you enjoy the layouts I create!!

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